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$10,000 in Human Rights Damages Awarded to One Month Employee
May 30, 2016
Termination during the probationary period without payment or notice, often thought to be an automatic entitlement of employers, is always subject to the caveat “except for a discriminatory reason”. That was the expensive lesson for one Ontario employer recently. The company was a distributor and the employee hired as a delivery truck driver. He was
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Employment Law
Court upholds agreement enforcing fixed term contract for a 25 year employee
October 27, 2015
The Employee began working for Sony of Canada Ltd. (the “Employer”) on June 9, 1989. His employment was terminated on March 31, 2015 just prior to his 26th anniversary of continued employment with Sony. As at the termination date, the Employee was 45 years old working as the Director of Sales in the Professional Solutions
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Employment Law